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On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the worlds first intercontinental ballistic missile, with the first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik, aboard. At first, some in the Eisenhower administration downplayed the satellite as a "useless hunk of iron." President Eisenhower and some of his advisors, when they realized the significance of the Soviet achievement, met to discuss the alarming developments. This memo of that meeting, dated October 9, 1957, preserved the initial reactions of those present.
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